====== Rules ======
This namespace contains the used rules for the Meruvian Dream campaign.

  * [[rules:#Character Creation]]
  * [[rules:#XP Costs]]
  * [[rules:#Change to the Core System]]


===== Character Creation =====

  * XP based character creation (//see [[https://campaigns.13w.nl/design/exalted2.5:start#xp_based_character_creation|XP Based Character Creation]] for Solar/Lunar Guidelines//)
    * XP pool: 450xp
    * No artifacts unless you have a very good reason

  * You start with free dots (these dots count as actual bought dots for all intents and purposes, but are completely free):
    * Lore 2
    * Linguistics 1
    * Medicine 1


===== XP Costs =====

//See [[https://campaigns.13w.nl/igani/rules:start#experience|Experience for the Igani Campaign]] for XP costs.//


===== Character Story =====

Please draft a short background story containing at least the following elements:

  * Early life (parents, education, optional training or jobs, etc.)
  * Exaltation (when, where, how, why, etc.)
  * Family/Relations ( married/partner/boy-/girlfriend, children, parents, siblings, etc.)
  * Contacts (work related, social contacts, etc.)
  * Preferences with regard to Solar/Lunar mate
  * [if you were not born with Meruvian nationality] How you got your citizenship

Note that "don't know" and "don't care" are both valid states for most parts of character story.


===== Change to the Core System =====

  * [[https://campaigns.13w.nl/design/exalted2.5:start#social_influence|Social Infuence rules]]
  * [[https://campaigns.13w.nl/design/exalted2.5:start#static_excellencies|Static Excellencies]]
  * [[https://campaigns.13w.nl/design/exalted2.5:start#crafting|Crafting]]
  * [[https://campaigns.13w.nl/design/exalted2.5:start#training_times|Training Times]]
  * Added Hacking as a Twilight Ability
  * Judge's Ear Technique is removed
  * There are no xp bonuses for flaws


===== Source Material =====

  * We use Exalted Second Edition with 2.5 errata
  * The Shards of the Exalted Dream, p130 and further, as base for rules changes to switch to a modern setting


===== Languages =====

  * Old Realm: Extremely obscure, actively suppressed by the Immaculate Church
  * High Realm: The language of Meruvia, and lingua franca of the civilized world (compare American English)
  * Tengese: The language of An-Teng, and the second lingua france of the civilized world (compare Mandarin)
  * Low Realm: dead language, sometimes used as slang and on the street (compare Latin thought for the plebs)
  * Directional languages are still practiced, though Meruvia speaks High Realm exclusively
  * Guild Cant is dead and unpracticed
  * Riverspeak is still used by some groups, mostly nomads


===== Lunar House Rules =====

  * The training time of Knacks is equal to that of Charms


===== Altered Backgrounds =====

  * Resources -> As [[https://campaigns.13w.nl/berlin/rules:resources]]